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...This year, my team entered into its second year as a competitive squad, receiving a bid to the cr??me-de-la-cr??me of collegiate cheerleading competitions—NCA Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. Yet, this amazing accomplishment soon became overshadowed with the costs of the expedition, totaling a whopping $16,000 for entrance fees, travel expenses and lodging. Between practices, two-a-week basketball games, and fundraising to account for the hefty costs, the time commitment to cheerleading began to look like that of a varsity athlete...
...what distinguishes the cr??me de la cr??me from the merely über-accomplished? It all comes down to the audition, which isn’t always guaranteed. There is even a pre-screening process for the more popular instruments, such as violin and piano. NEC aims for a class of four to five each year, according to NEC’s Dean of the College Thomas W. Novak. Novak reports 133 applications to the program this year, a bump from the usual 80-100. He attributes the school’s increased popularity to recent...
...store’s famed meats, which range from the ordinary—chicken and pancetta—to the exotic—llama, black bear, and Brazilian python. General Manager Juliana Lyman offered a tasting of Savenor’s gourmet products: maple smoked salmon with cr??me fraiche on water wheel crackers, goat cheese on crusty baguette slices, and freshly seared prime rare strip steak—all washed down with Pellegrino and Poland Spring mandarin orange sparkling water. “This isn’t what they serve in your cafeteria,” laughed...
...Smheart Link ($155 at Amazon.com wirelessly tethers an iPhone to a heart-rate-monitor belt. (I got a $42 garden-variety Garmin belt.) Smheart Link uses several free apps to manage fitness routines pegged to your heart rate. I, of course, chose the cr??me de la cr??me app: iNew Leaf...
...bacon-covered chocolate at the Minnesota State Fair or watch bacon get dipped in chocolate on the Food Network's Dinner: Impossible. "I bet other meats would work" in sugary fare, says chef Jerome Chang, whose itinerant Dessert Truck serves New Yorkers a $5 chocolate bread pudding with bacon cr??me anglaise. "Bacon is just more sellable because people mix it up with their pancakes and their syrup and they're used to that. Plus, people like bacon...